Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-09

hundreds ot visitors every year, II located
| he Southern California railroad follows
the coast Tor several miles after leaving
| oCeanSde. after which Il begins To climb
the Mesa lands and ere long one finds the
| train ascending the Sid. Of mountain
| spur which being crossed the Ocean again
! comes in View amd -I+ long the uuainr
adobe village oi Old Town. over l2U wears
old, is reached. aid in a few minutes the
| train pulls up at the depot in the city of
! san Diego
| our hrst visit to that city was made last
/ March, and since that time many import
ant public improvements have been made
and the amount of building that has been
done must be- seen to be- realized,
The first passenger train over the Ma
tional city and Otay Motor road was run
the lith inst. and affords the most sy ,ila
bic means OF reaching the latter growing
suburb of the city of "Baynclimate.
| Three new lines of steamers from san
| Diego are being arranged fOr-Onr a coast
line. another Sandwich island line and
/ the third an Australian line.
Probably the best example of ente,priSr
on this coast is that displayed in the Coro-
nado beach scheme. About year since A
company organized and purchased |. 100
|
| bay for $4,000 At that time il was Gov
cred with muspuitoS, sage brush and sand.
and inhabited by gopher> and Jack rabbits
! Today il is all plated and the greater part
of it has been sold for residences sr for
speculation. Prior 10 the first of this month
the company had sold 81. 700 600 worth of
| this property. One man from Your county
| bought four lots on the beach last February
! for -. 500. for which he asked last week
| ST., 900.
| At San Diego we found. formerly of
! Springfield, MeSSrS. Fry. Scott CriStir
| MOnahan. Thomas and kerShner: the last
| gentleman accompanied Us on our return
| trip to Santa Ana, where he spent two dayS
| looking the valley over and he expressed
| himself As being well pleased with what he
saw while here. | pom onr return We also
found Robt. Nelson. OF the Gd-stt pleas
antly domicIled al the new home of Mrs.
DIR. LOugstreet.
As We drov. out Of Santa Ana toward
San Diego the railroad was graded to the
| southern limits 0i the town. and upon our
| return it was graded over three miles be
| yond the town. Tn. grading is progressing
at the rate OF about three-quarters of mile
| per day and track laying at the rate of a
mile per day. At the present rate OF
building the road will be ready for trains
! into this place 10y the middle of next
month, or the first OF August. All the
heavy cuts and hills between here and
oceanside are completed and half a dozen
camps are working on the grade along
the line. Ii is also authorltatiyely rumored
| that the Southern Pacific railroad has 4
| force of men working from Oceansidr in
| both directions toward Santa Ana and San
! ,I.,Ir liz. Fr.,
| Diego viii parallel that of the 4. I. x s.
| F.. and be completed about the same time
! Building, both of business houses and res
idences, is being pushed more vigorously
now than at any time i'll the past history of
| this place, and yet both classes are usually
rented or leased as soon as IN. foundations
are laid. Property of all descriptions has
advanced quite rapidly within the past
week or ten days, and good property is held
! stIftiy at advanced prices. Town lots while
numerous, can scarcely be bought at a
reasonable price, and yet the owners are
marking them up almost every day. At
! 1uStln there has been great activity in the
| sale of town lots within the past few days
and desirable lots are almost all of the maj
ket. Acreage property II advancing at the
same rate. and much of the most desirable
property Is not on the market at any price.
The four miles ut street car line here does
monthly business OF $500, showing a
transportation ot 5000 passengers. The
line will ere long be extended To Orange
three miles north. where it will connect
with the line being built 20 MUdrna three
miles east of Orange.
Steps are being taken to form a stock
company to put i'll a wharf costing from
SIS. 900 to $40, 900 al Newport bay, and an
other to build a railroad from here through
Westminster 10 Long Beach and San Pedro,
twenty miles east.
\ wealthy eastern syndicate is here for
the purpose Of purchasing large tracts of
land tor colonization purposes. This SYN
dicate Is III fair way Ia get enough de
sirable territory within the town limits TO
make All addition thereto and in connection
with the agricultural and fruit lands they
are likely 10 get, they will be prepared TO
land from $50 to 500 cOlonists here per
month, and can placa them wherever they
may desire to locate Prospects are fair
for the donation, by one Of our citizens for
public library and free reading room pur-
poses of a couple of lots, centrally locat-
ed. upon which the citizens will erect
substantial and commodiOus building within
a reasonable time. Already a handsome
sum OF money has been secured for library
purposes.
Steps are also being taken to establish a
college AT TuStin, one of the suburbs of
this place, and stock company is being
organized to commence ere long the issuing
of daily paper here.
Verify. Santa Ana doth move, and those
who propose to go along with the tide of its
prosperity. should get on the ground at no
distant day.
Within the last week Robert Nelson and
J. K kershEer. of Springfield, and {. II.
Putnam, of Nenia, Ohio, allowed their
genial countenances to tighten up our
sanctum. More anon, when We tDd some
thing to Pick l'P.
u Eairer Than the Fairsst Lilly,
Is Minnie my charming girl.
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